The St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour

As some of you know, I like to make pottery sometimes. In fact, many of the pieces of pottery that you see here on my blog are made by yours truly! 😉 I had always wanted to take pottery classes throughout my college career, but was never able to fit them into my schedule. A couple of years ago, the pottery planets aligned for me and I was able to start taking pottery classes. Yay!

Since then, I have taken five pottery classes of different types, and they have all been wonderful. I have learned that I am very fortunate to be taking classes and learning pottery in Minnesota. I had no idea that Minnesota is such a hot spot for American pottery. In fact, the St. Croix River Valley area hosts one of (or the highest, even!) grossing pottery sale in the nation! My teacher, Mark Lambert, encourages-even insists-that we go to the pottery tour each spring.

If you are in Minnesota, Wisconsin, or anywhere in the midwest and like pottery-you really should come. This year, the tour is happening this coming weekend, which also happens to be Mother’s Day weekend. It is virtually the perfect opportunity to go shopping for a gift for your mother. 🙂

Love all those pottery pieces. I live far away, but the event seems like a good time. I took a pottery class last year and it was so much fun. But my piece looked like it was created by a 5-year-old. So I'm thinking I don't have any undiscovered talent. But I love looking at other people's work.